Author: Nguyen Ngoc Thuy
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-98-15
Year: 1998
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1998
Examination Committee: Yap Kioe Sheng (Chairperson); A.T.M. Nurul Amin, Bernard G. Lefebre (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This study analyses the priority and affordability of low-income households towards resettlement with a focus on people living on and/or along canals in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. District 8 is an urbanizing district that lies in the south of Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city of Vietnam. It comprises more than 10, 185 dwelling units on and/or along its canal systems, accounting for approximately 25% of its total housing. In an effort to promote the economic and social development of the City and the whole Southern region of the country, the success of the resettlement of people who currently locate on and/or along the inner City’s canals is regarded as essential by the municipal and local authorities, particularly for the case of District 8 – the imp01tant gate of the City towards Mekong Delta provinces. Our results provide evidence to support the two hypotheses of the study. Firstly, the low income and poor living conditions of people who settle on and/or along canals have negative impacts on their affordability to new living places, but promote their willingness to leave the present settlement. The situation is also reflected in the households’ priorities and preferences towards their new settlements. Secondly, although the policies of the authorities on the resettlement aim to support and enhance the households’ affordability to new housing, the expectations and priorities of the involved households are not adequately reflected in the plans which are now being offered to them. The study also provides some recommendations. First of all, the resettlement program of the City should take all the households that are affected by the program as its beneficiaries. Secondly, to be the ones that are directly affected by the resettlement, the target households, and particularly their cmTent situations as well as their priorities and affordability to new settlement, should be subject to a careful and thorough study before any actions are taken. The third suggestion relates to the parti
Scholarship Donor(s): Government of Norway
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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